The 60606 zip code is located in the heart of Chicago, IL. It is home to some of the city’s most vibrant neighborhoods and provides a unique urban experience for residents. Politically, the area leans heavily Democratic, with over 77% of voters favoring Democratic candidates in the 2016 presidential election. The local representatives for the 60606 zip code include Mike Quigley in Congress and Maria Hadden and Matthew Roney in the Illinois House of Representatives. With a focus on progressive policies and creating opportunities for all citizens, these representatives have worked hard to address some of the issues plaguing Chicago’s communities like gun violence, poverty, and homelessness. They have also supported initiatives to improve education, public transportation, infrastructure investment, and health care access. These representatives will continue to work hard to ensure that their constituents are well represented at both state and national levels.
The political climate in Zip 60606 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Cook County, IL is very liberal. In Cook County, IL 74.2% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 24.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.8% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Cook county remained overwhelmingly Democratic, 74.2% to 24.0%.
Cook county voted Democratic in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 60606 (Chicago, IL) is very liberal.
Chicago, Illinois is very liberal.
Cook County, Illinois is very liberal.
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin Metro Area is very liberal.
Illinois is moderately liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Chicago, Illinois: D D D D D D
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 60606 (Chicago)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 4,010 contributions totaling $23,010,304 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $5,738 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 760 contributions totaling $6,431,048 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $8,462 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)